State, local officials celebrate first connection of $657,000 expansion serving 256 homes and businesses.
DEWAR — State and local officials gathered in Dewar to celebrate the first customer connection of a $657,000 fiber broadband expansion project that is bringing high-speed internet service to 256 homes and businesses in Okmulgee County.
The project, built by EcoLINK, is extending fiber-optic internet service to homes and businesses in and around Dewar.
Oklahoma Broadband Office Executive Director Mike Sanders joined city officials, EcoLINK representatives and members of the Dewar Fire Department to commemorate the project’s launch.
The expansion gives residents and businesses access to reliable high-speed internet capable of supporting remote work, online learning, telehealth and other data-intensive services.
The project is one of dozens of broadband expansion efforts overseen by the Oklahoma Broadband Office to extend high-speed internet access to underserved communities across Oklahoma.
